Mike Plante on Louis Sher & Jacobellis v. Ohio (1964)
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In this episode, Mike Plante, a filmmaker, producer, and programmer, discusses his new book "Sensation Cinema: The Audacious, Defiant History of Louis Sher and the Art Theatre Guild," which is published by Sticking Place Books. Plante begins by describing his own background in independent film and how he became interested in Louis Sher. He explain who Sher was and how he came to create an empire of independent movie theaters in the 1950s. He the describes the circumstances surround the arrest of Sher's employee Nico Jacobellis for projecting Louis Malle's The Lovers, and how Sher litigated the case all the way to the Supreme Court and won, prompting Justice Stewart's famous line, "I know it when I see it." Plante is on Twitter This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Professor of Law at Tulane University School of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye and on Bluesky at @brianlfrye.bsky.social. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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